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J. W. BENTON.

GATE.

Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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iilNrran STATES PATENT Orricno JARRET W. DENTON, OF HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

GATE.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 352,524, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed April 23, 1886. Serial No. 199.966.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J ARRET W. DENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henderson, in the county of Henderson, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being` had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to that class of gates known as swinging gates,7 and it has for its object the opening and closing of the gate in two directions by suitable mechanism, so as to allow persons in vehicles to pass through it from either 'direction without the inconvenience of having to dismount, and also to allow of the passage through it of pedestrians with but little or no inconvenience; and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly and specically pointed out in the claim. Y

In the annexed drawing, which fully illus-v trates my invention, and to which reference is made, the figure represents a perspective view of my invention as applied to a gate.

A and A represent two sections of a base or bed piece, secured snugly together by means of a lap-joint, as at a. A portion of the base where the lapping is made is left open, so as to receive the rear end of a sill, B, the base and sill being fastened together by means of screws or nails, whichever may be deemed the most convenient, the base and sill, when joined together, forming in shape the letter T.

O C represent two uprights or posts secured to the outer ends of the base or bed piece, and each being provided with stationary arms or casters D D', having secured to their free ends pulleys or sheaves d d', the other ends of the arms or casters being screwed or rigidly fixed `in any suitable manner to the posts C O. The

tops of these posts are bifurcated or slotted, so as to receive within said slots two levers, F F', pivotally secured at a point near the inner ends of said levers,'the short or innerends of the levers projecting just sufficiently far over the posts to be but little outof alignment with the pulleys or sheaves upon the arms or casters secured to the,.posts C C', the levers F F being located upon the posts C C obliquely,with their short ends converging. To

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the short or converging end of the lever F is tied or otherwise fastened one end of a cord or y wire, f, which is passed around the pulley or sheave d', securgd to the post O, from whence p end in any suitable manner to the rear end of' the sill B, and upon it isv hung the gate H in the ordinary manner.

Rigidly secured to a top rail, I, and directly above the post G of the gate, is a cruciform cap-piece, K, in the outer ends of which are pivoted a series or quartette of rollers, 7c 7c k2 k3, mortses or slots being provided in the outer'ends of the cross-arms to receive said rollers. Referring again to the cord or wire f, from the pulley or sheave d upon the arm or caster D', projecting from the post C', it passes to the rear roller or pulley, 7c3, and around it tothe next pulley, k2, and around it to the larger roller, k', where the free end of it is tied to another cord, f. One end of this. cord j is secured to the center of a pivbeing pivotally secured between two diagonal braces, l Z, upon each side of the gate, the free end of said latch -fastening itself in a catch secured to the inner side of the front post, G, a series of longitudinal rails being also rigidly secured between these braces Z l. The other end of the cord f is then passed over and around a pulley o'r roller, L', pivoted in a rectangular slot, L2, near the front end of the top rail, from whence it .passes around the opposite side of the large pulley 7c' and around the pulley 1c, from thence to the pulley k, which is the initial pulley or sheave of the cord f, thence to and around the sheave or pulley d upon the caster on the post O, the end of the cord f being then fastened to the inner end of the lever E, when it will be seen that the Vcords f and j" pass around the pulleys or sheaves 7c3 7cAZ la k in opposite directions, and are secured to the short ends of the opposite levers respectively?l and it is by this arrangement of the cords and levers that the gate is enabled to be operated in opposite or reverse directions.

The rear post, G', is braced and supported IOO rml y in position by means of diagonal braces M M, their ends being secured,respectively,to the rear post, G', near the top thereof and to the outer posts, C C', near their lower ends.

Equidistant from the casters or arms secured to the outer posts, C C', and the lower ends of said posts, and upon the inner sides of the same, are rigidly secured latches N N, which operate in conjunction with the latch upon the front gate-post to hold and retain the gate when in either an opened or closed position.

To the opposite or outer ends of the levers F F are suspended metallic rings O by means of short pull cords or wires P, by the pulling of which the gate is operated through the medium of the mechanism heretofore described.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the construction and operation of the gate is simple and convenient in its ari rangement, and can be operated conveniently' from a vehicle or upon horseback, as well as by pedestrians.

The advantages derived by such construction of the gate where the oruciform cap is J employed and the rollers are arranged thereson that the cords or ropes by such an arrangement are given full play, and are not in any- Wise cramped or obstructed, as Would be the case were the rollers arranged otherwise than in the manner shown.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to employ levers, cords, and rollers or pulleys in operating gates, as the same are shown in patents granted to J. Vail, No. 64,924, dated May 21, 1867; J. D. Fox, No. 330,575, dated November 17, 1885, and J. Manker, No. 196,097, dated October 16, 1877.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with posts G and G', of the swinging gate provided at its top 'and rear end with a cruciform cap-piece having rollers k k 702.703 at the ends of its arms, and operatingvcords ffz, guided by said rollers and connected with the gate-latch, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

In 'testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J ARRET W. BENTON.

Witnesses:

R. H. CUNNINGHAM, J. G. STAPLES. 

